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A teenage girl comes of age amid hidden dangers and family secrets in the Minnesota woods in this “beautiful, icy [and] electrifying debut” novel (NPR).
Teenage Linda lives with her parents in the austere woods of northern Minnesota, where their nearly abandoned commune stands as a last vestige of a counter-culture world. Isolated at home and an outsider at school, Linda is drawn to the new history teacher Mr. Grierson. But his shocking arrested for child pornography leaves Linda adrift as she wrestles with her own fledgling desires.
When the young Gardner family moves in across the lake, Linda finds herself welcomed into their home as a babysitter for their little boy. But this new sense of belonging comes with secrets and expectations she doesn’t understand. Over the course of a summer, Linda will have to make choices that reverberate throughout her life.
Finalist for the Man Booker Award
One of the New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2017
ASIN : B01LFQ3LCQ
Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press
Accessibility : Learn more
Publication date : February 22, 2023
Language : English
File size : 3.3 MB
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 301 pages
ISBN-10 : 9780802125873
ISBN-13 : 978-0802189776
Page Flip : Enabled
Best Sellers Rank: #114,048 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #236 in Psychological Literary Fiction #681 in Coming of Age Fiction (Kindle Store) #787 in Contemporary Literary Fiction
Customer Reviews: 3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars 5,099 ratings var dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction; P.when(‘A’, ‘ready’).execute(function(A) { if (dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction !== true) { dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction = true; A.declarative( ‘acrLink-click-metrics’, ‘click’, { “allowLinkDefault”: true }, function (event) { if (window.ue) { ue.count(“acrLinkClickCount”, (ue.count(“acrLinkClickCount”) || 0) + 1); } } ); } }); P.when(‘A’, ‘cf’).execute(function(A) { A.declarative(‘acrStarsLink-click-metrics’, ‘click’, { “allowLinkDefault” : true }, function(event){ if(window.ue) { ue.count(“acrStarsLinkWithPopoverClickCount”, (ue.count(“acrStarsLinkWithPopoverClickCount”) || 0) + 1); } }); });
Customers say
Customers praise the book’s beautiful lyrical prose and find it thought-provoking, with one review noting how the protagonist is keenly observant of her surroundings. The storyline receives mixed reactions – while some find it mesmerizing with good foreshadowing, others say it’s all over the place with too many side plots. Moreover, the pacing is criticized for constantly skipping around in time, and customers disagree on the character development, with some finding them well-developed while others say there are no sympathetic characters. Additionally, the emotional content draws mixed responses, with some appreciating it as a deep emotional read while others find the characters emotionally detached.
